Bracelet



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RUFUS KING, OF PLAINVIIiLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNQR TO BUGBEE & NILESCOMPANY, OF NORTH AITLEIBORO, IVIASSACI-IUSETTS.

BRACELET.

Application filed April 14 1926. Serial No. 101,933.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements .inbracelets and pertains more especially to bracelet s of the expansiblelink type.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a bracelet which. hasimproved means for slidably connecting the connector members or'slidesto the boxes.

A further object of the invention is to provide connecting means whichprevents lateral movement of the slides or connectors relative to theboxes. 7

The invention still further aims to provide means of the type mentionedwhich is economical and simple and which permits of free expansiblemovement of the parts.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a fragmentary bottom plan view, partlybroken away and in section of the invention. v

Figure 2 is a section on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and

Figure at is a perspective view of one of the connectors.

In proceedingin accordance with the present invention 1 designates theboxes, which are formed of metal of uniform cross-section shaped to havetops 2, bottoms 3 and ends 4 and 5, the sides being left open.

The bottom 3 is of less length than the top 2, and is closed by acontinuation 6 of the end wall 5 being bent rearwardly to overlap thefree end of the bottom wall as designated at 7. The bottom 3 is furtherbent downwardly and outwardly adjacent its longitudinal marginal edgesas at 8 to provide guideway or tracks 9.

The slides or connectors 10 are substantially U-shaped and have sidearms 11, which are slidably received between the top and bottom of thebox 1' and are flush with the side edges thereof.

The bottom edges of the side arms 11 of the connector are slidablyreceived in the longitudinal tracks 9 formed on the bottom of the box 1.The tracks 9 form or constitute guides for the side arms 11 of the connector and hold the latter against movement laterally of the boxes,while at the same time they permit relative sliding of the box andconnector in a free manner; A coil spring 12 1s interposed betweentheclosed end 13 of the connector and the end l of the box, thecontinuation 6 of the top wall of the box being bent over the end 14 ofthe connector and rearwardly to engage the bottom 3 whereby to securethe connectors to the boxes. The continuation 6, as shown in Fig. 3 isdisposed between the offset parts 8 and lies flush with the outer facesof the guide- -ways 9. Thus the offsets act to not only atfordguideways,'but also a depression in which the continuation 6 isreceived.

The several parts of the invention can be easily assembled, since inassembling, the boxes are initially formed U-shaped and aresubsequently, after introduction of the con nectors thereinto, bent tothe position shown in the drawings. 7

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. A bracelet-including boxes formed ofmetal of uniform cross-section, having tops, bottoms and open sides, thebottoms being bent downwardly and outwardly at their sides to formshouldered guideways and spring tensioned connectors for the boxeshaving sides set on edge and flush with the marginal edges of the topsand bot-toms, the lower side edges of the connectors engaging in theguideways and against the shoulders thereof and the upper side edgesengaging the under faces of the box tops, and an end extension on eachbox extending through the adjacent connector and bent under and againstthe bottom thereof and disposed between the downwardly bent portions ofthe bottom.

RUFUS KING.

